MO: Registrant held on $25,000 cash-only bond for handing out candy on Halloween.

Prosecutors have charged Thomas Sanderson with one count of “failure to comply with Halloween related restrictions for sex offenders.” As part of Missouri state law, registered sex offenders cannot go outside to interact with children, cannot have outside lights on and are required to post a sign stating no candy or treats are available at the home on Halloween night.

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OK: Municipal league wants retroactive sex offender residency restrictions

The Oklahoma Municipal League recently filed an Amicus Brief in a case brought against the City of El Reno related to the right of a municipality to enforce the provision of the Sex Offenders Registration Act. A suit was brought against the City of El Reno for applying a retroactive application of the Sex Offenders Registration Act. Because the offender

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UPDATED (3): FAC Petition for UN to investigate sex offender registry as human rights violation breaks 4,000 signatures!

The Florida Action Committee’s change.org petition asking the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the United Nations to declare the public sex offender registry a human rights violation has collected more than 4,000 signatures! We are so happy with the response the petition has received from our members, from other advocacy groups and from their friends and families. We need

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Washington high court says convicted sex offender can practice law

A sharply divided Washington Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a man who was previously convicted of a sex offense and other crimes can be licensed as an attorney. The 5-4 decision clears the way for Zachary LeRoy Stevens, who graduated from Arizona State University’s law school in 2018, to practice law in Washington. The opinion said Stevens had a difficult childhood

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FAC Petition breaks 1,000 signatures!!! Please share it with others and lets get to 2,000!!!

Two days ago we posted a petition on Change.org asking the High Commissioner of Human Rights of the United Nations to investigate the United State’s sex offender registry for human rights violations. Our ask of the UN was to look into the onerous restrictions and requirements imposed by the registry and the debilitating shame caused by the public notification, and

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Why Is Texas Requiring a Guy Who Stole a Car To Register as a Sex Offender?

In 2014, Rohn M. Weatherly stole a neighbor’s car, in the back seat of which was the owner’s 4-year-old daughter. Weatherly returned the child within a few hours, but his act was dangerous, illegal, and worthy of punishment. What it wasn’t was a sex crime, yet Weatherly will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from

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FLORIDA NON-PROFIT SEEKS TO HAVE PUBLIC SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY DEEMED A VIOLATION OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

To download this press release, click the link below. Please share it with your local news outlets. FAC Press Release 11012022 – United Nations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOYNTON BEACH, FL, November 1, 2022. The Florida Action Committee, Inc. (FAC), a 2,500 member non-profit public safety organization, wants the sex offender registry abolished. They have initiated a petition to the United

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